Deck 8: East Asia, the Pacific, and International Studies

Question 1

What percentage of the world's population lives in East Asia?

A) 10 percent
B) 20 percent
C) 30 percent
D) 40 percent

Answer 1

30 percent

Question 2

As compared to Japan, China's population is ______.

A) About twice as large
B) Nearly four times as large
C) Over ten times as large
D) Just under twenty times as large

Answer 2

Over ten times as large

Question 3

Which country has the largest economy in Asia?

A) Japan
B) China
C) India
D) Indonesia

Answer 3

China

Question 4

Which country is NOT in Northeast Asia?

A) Thailand
B) Japan
C) China
D) South Korea

Question 5

Which country is NOT in Southeast Asia?

A) Cambodia
B) Vietnam
C) Brunei
D) South Korea

Question 6

Besides Australia and New Zealand, the Pacific includes which of the following groups of countries?

A) Melanesia
B) Micronesia
C) Polynesia
D) All of these.

Question 7

Independent kingdoms first developed in _______.

A) China, then Japan, and finally Southeast Asia.
B) China, then Southeast Asia, and finally Japan.
C) Japan, then China, and finally Southeast Asia.
D) Southeast Asia, then China, and finally Japan.

Question 8

European colonialism took a stronger form in _____ than other geographic areas of the region.

A) Northeast Asia
B) North Asia
C) Southeast Asia
D) China

Question 9

Which of the following is not a type of Buddhism practiced in Southeast or Northeast Asia?

A) Theraveda Buddhism
B) Tibetan Buddhism
C) Mahayana Buddhism
D) Shinto Buddhism.

Question 10

What form of religious or philosophical thought do top Chinese officials still typically embrace?

A) Buddhism.
B) Christianity.
C) Marxist atheism.
D) Confucianism.

Question 11

In terms of GDP per capita, which of the following countries has the highest?

A) China
B) Singapore
C) South Korea
D) Japan

Question 12

According to the textbook, which country is referred to as a "newly industrialized country"?

A) Cambodia
B) China
C) Japan
D) South Korea

Question 13

Which of the following was one of the two models of state formation following World War II in East Asia?

A) Authoritarianism
B) Military dictatorship
C) Capitalism
D) None of these is correct.

Question 14

Which of the following is true about population growth rates in East Asia?

A) Thailand currently has a negative population growth rate.
B) China's growth rate had slowed to 0.0% by the year 2000.
C) The Japanese government has successfully reversed its previous negative population growth rate.
D) None of these is correct.

Question 15

What factors go into calculating the Human Development Index?

A) Life expectancy, income, and literacy
B) Infant mortality, income, and average years in school
C) Life sustenance and freedom from servitude
D) Life sustenance, life expectancy, and infant mortality

Question 16

Which leader argued that, "If the cat catches mice, what does it matter if it's black or white?" to advance and defend his economic reform program?

A) Tian Anmen
B) Mao Zedong
C) Deng Xiaoping
D) Xi Jinping

Question 17

Over which geographic territories does China have an ongoing border dispute?

A) Sprately Islands
B) Paracel Islands
C) Taiwan
D) All of these

Question 18

According to the textbook, one can argue that ___ and ___ are the historical offshoots of Asia through trade and migration.

A) the Middle Ages and colonialism
B) Europe and the Middle East
C) Capitalism and monarchy
D) Horses and gunpowder